“Politics is such a torment that I advise everyone I love not to mix with it.”
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It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war but if it shall actually take place, no matter by whom brought on, we must defend ourselves. If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.
Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
